Lateefa Al Dakhyel FRCSC, FACOG Assistant professor & consultant Obstetric & gynecology department Collage of medicine King Saud University

Fetal heart activity Fetal movement Fetal growth  Fetal movement counting kick chart  Contraction stress test CST  Non stress test NST  Doppler Velocimetry UAV  amniotic fluid index AFI

 It should be started ~28w in normal pregnancy &~24w in high risk pregnancy  It can reduce avoidable stillbirth CARDIFF TECHNIQUE -10 movement in 12 hours -If abnormal patient should get further assessment SADOVSKY TECHNIQUE -4 movement /hour if not felt another hour If not patient need more assessment

 Causing uterine contraction over 20minutes  At least 2 uterine contractions  Uterine contraction restrict O2 delivery to the fetus  Normal fetus will tolerate contraction  Hypoxic fetus will have late deceleration  High false positive rate ~50%  100% true negative rate

 Maine advantage over CST is no need for contraction  False +ve & false –ve higher than CST  done  The base line beats/minute  Different criteria in fetuses <32w Reactive: At least two accelerations from base line of 15 bpm for at least 15 sec within 20 minutes Non reactive: No acceleration after 20 minutes- proceed for another 20 minutes

 If non reactive in 40 minutes---proceed for contraction stress test or biophysical profile  The positive predictive value of NST to predict fetal acidosis at birth is 55%  Amniotic fluid index AFI -the sum of the maximum vertical fluid pocket diameter in four quarters -the normal value 5-25cm -<5~ oligohydraminous ->24cm polyhydraminous

 Combines NST with USS estimation AFV, fetal breathing, body movement & reflex/tone/extension-flexion movement.  it is a scoring system  it is done over 30minute  It measure acute hypoxia(NST, body mov. &breathing) & chronic hypoxia (AFI)

Abnormal (score= 0) Normal (score=2)Biophysical Variable Absent FBM or no episode >30 s in 30 min 1 episode FBM of at least 30 s duration in 30 min Fetal breathing movements 2 or fewer body/limb movements in 30 min 3 discrete body/limb movements in 30 minFetal movements Either slow extension with return to partial flexion or movement of limb in full extension Absent fetal movement 1 episode of active extension with return to flexion of fetal limb(s) or trunk. Opening and closing of the hand considered normal tone Fetal tone Either no AF pockets or a pocket<2 cm in 2 perpendicular planes 1 pocket of AF that measures at least 2 cm in 2 perpendicular planes Amniotic fluid volume

 The risk of fetal death within 1 week if BPP is normal~ 1/1300  Modified BPP (mBPP) -NST & AFI -low false negative 0.8/1000 -high false positives ~60%  Measurement of blood flow velocities in maternal & fetal vessels  Reflect fetoplacental circulation  Doppler indices from UA, Uterine A & MCA  Doppler studies is mostly valuable IUGR  In IUGR absent or reversed EDF (end diastolic flow) associated with fetal hypoxia

 Obtaining a sample of amniotic flui during pregnancy.  Usullay done after 15w (can be done after 11w)  Indication -genitic (karyotype) -billirubine level (RH-isimunisation) -fetal lung maturity (L/S) -therputic in polyhydranios  Risks: ROM ~1%, abortion 0.5%, infection 1/1000

 Usually done after 10w  It is the procedure of choice for first trimester prenatal diagnosis of genetic disorders  Complication: fetal loss (0.7 percent within 14 days of a TA CVS procedure and 1.3 percent within 30 days), Procedure- induced limb defects  Second trimester amniocentesis is associated with the lowest risk of pregnancy loss; chorionic villus samplings safer than early (ie, before 15 weeks) amniocentesis..

 Indication: - rapid karyotyping -diagnosis of inherited disorders -fetal HB assessment -fetal plt level -fetal blood transfusion  Complication: bleeding, bradycardia, infection….